Fruit-picker



(No Model.)

O. W. HUDGINS & J. A. JONES..

WIIWESSES FRUIT PICKER.

, Patented June. '7, 189.8.

' rrn Ams Arnr OScAR w. nUDeINS ARD JAMES A. JONES, OF HARRISON, ARKANSAS.

FRUIT-PICKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,461, dated June '7, 1898A. Aq Application filed August 12, 1896. Serial No. 602,487; (llo model.)

their centers and through the upper end of the handle. i

G are grabbers or prongs secured to the semicircular pieces D and E and having their upper ends curved forwardly. They may 5 5 be three or more in number, as may be preferred.

II is a sack of canvas or other suitable material vsecured to the lowermost seinicircular piece and to the sidepieces and. at its 6o lower end supported on across-bar I, passed through the handle. This sack may be of any desired length, extending entirely to the ground or terminating at any desired distance therefrom. 65

The operation will be apparent. The fruit is engaged by the prongs or gatherers and loosenedfrom the tree by a pull on the handle or a push upward, and the fruit falls into the sack, by which it is conducted. to the 7o ground or any suitable receptacle provided therefor.. The side pieces prevent injury vto the fruit and prevent the same from falling out when pulled from the tree.

In order to protect the fruit, the parts where 75 the fruit would strike with sufficient force to bruise .it are lightly padded w'th some suitable soft material.

What we claim as new is- I. In a fruit-picker, the combination with 8o the sectional adjustable handle, of the side pieces at the upper end thereof, the semicirl cular pieces securedto the side pieces, the horizontal rods connecting the side pieces and having the handle secured thereto and the 85 curved grabbers mounted on the semicircular pieces, substantially as specified.

2. In a fruit-picker, the combination with the sectional adjustable handle, of the side `pieces at the upper end thereof, the crossfrods 9o connecting said side pieces and to which the handle is attached, the semioircular pieces secured tothe side pieces, and the curved grabbers mounted on the semicircular pieces, and the sack secured at its upper end to the side 9 5. pieces, substantially as specified.

3. In a fruit-picker, the combination with the sectional adjustable handle, of the side pieces at the upper end thereof, the semicircular pieces secured to the side pieces, and loo To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OSCAR IV. IIUDGINS `and JAMES A. JONES, citizens of the United States, residing at Harrison, in the county 5 of Boone and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Pickers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enxo able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fruit pickers and gatherers; and it has for its objects, among 15 others, to provide a simple and cheap construction whereby fruit can'be readily picked from the tree at any desired height, guarded against injury,l and conductedby a sack to" the ground or any desired receptacle. We

2o may sometimes employ a standard to aid in the manipulation of the gatherer and to lighten its weight when lengthened, the han-` dle being designed. to Vbe made in sections, so` that it maybe lengthened in accordance with 2 5 the height of the tree.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specicallydeiined in the appended claims.

3o The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved fruit picker. Fig. 2 is` a section 35 through the same. i f i Like letters of reference are employed to designate like parts in both views..

Referring now to the details of the draw# ings by letter, A designates the handle, which 4o may be of any desired .length and preferably in sections hinged or otherwise connected so as to be lengthened or shortened, according to the height of the fruit to be gathered.

B are strips arranged at the upper end of 45 the handle. They are supported at their lower ends by the cross-piece C, which passes through the handle, and at their upper ends by the semicircular piece D and between their ends by the semicircular piece E and the rod 5o F, which passes through the said pieces near the curved grabbers mounted on the semicircular pieces, the sack end to the side pieces, and the cross-pieces passed through the handle and connecting' 5 said side pieces, substantially as specified.

4. The herein-described fruit-picker coinprising a handle7 transverse rods passed through the handle near the upper end thereof, side strips secured to the ends of said rods,

1o semieircular bands secured to the side strips at their upper ends and near their centers, grabbers arranged at right angles to said semicircular pieces and secured to each thereof and having their free ends curved forsecured at its upperi Wardly, a transverse rod `secured to the pole or handle at a distance from the first-inem tioned cross-rods, and lowermost semicireular hand and to the side pieces and to the lowermost cross-rod, all suhstantially as herein shown and described.

In testilnonywhereof We have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribin g Witnesses.

OSCAR W. HUDGINS. JAMES A. JONES. Witnesses:

S. P. ELZEY,

W. F. MITCHELL.

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